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'ALAI
turning;
the bill 90 degrees so that it prallels
the rest-of the bird's
profile.
A similar ornament
(bottom
left) porn-ays a deer,
now rare
in the
region.
Deer
hunting
was
an important
ceremo
nial activity
of Moche
nobles.
In previously
known artifacts,deer often
appearin association
with.
a hallucinogenic
plant
and
may
have
been
invoked in healing
rituals.
Sect lions
were
also
..
}
hLinted on the coast,
both for
neat
and fo ° stones
jbund
in their
stomachs-talismans
still
used
in Peruvian folk
medicine----ivht.ct'a were
believed
to possess
powerfctl
medicinal
properties.
AWW"
,.c.
547